Ex-MP: Wetangula cannot be president after 'beating' by wife

- Former Bumula MP Bifwoli Wakoli has said Bungoma Senator Moses Wetangula cannot be Kenya's president after reports of him apparently being beaten by his wife emerged. Bifwoli said Wetangula was no longer worthy of any leadership position after the said incident

- Both Wetangula and his wife had reported each other to the Langata police. They both accused each other of assault but the case has not yet started as they had not presented their P3 forms

A domestic squabble is threatening to dim an opposition leader's presidential ambitions.

Former Bumula MP Bifwoli Wakoli, on Sunday, March 6, has told Cord co-principal Moses Wetang’ula to forget about being Kenyan president.

To show how serious the issue was, the former lawmaker said he could not vote for the Bungoma senator even to be a member of county assembly.

Having ruled out Moses Wetangula in the 2017 presidential race, Bifwoli said he would vote for President Uhuru Kenyatta. Uhuru appointed him a director at the Kenya Water Towers Agency in October 2015.

According to police records, Ann was the first to report the Senate minority leader. She filed her complaint at Lang’ata Police Station. She claimed to have been treated at Karen Hospital after sustaining injuries on both hands, chest and legs.

The senator also went to the police station on the same day and reported to have been beaten by the wife.

Moses Wetangula is reported to have accused his wife of infidelity. He said that is when she got furious and attacked him. He is said to have sustained injuries on his head, left hand, left leg and chest. He was treated at Karen Hospital and issued with a P3 form.

Police surgeon confirmed that Moses Wetangula sustained multiple soft tissue injuries. The surgeon said he had a swelling on the left side of his scalp and injuries on the chest, wrist, elbow and ankle which could have been caused by a blunt object.

The Lang’ata police officers are said to have transferred the issue to Karen Police Station as that is where the alleged incident took place.

A police officer at Karen said the investigations were yet to start as none of the complainants had recorded statements with them. They are yet to receive P3 forms detailing the alleged injuries from any of the two.